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Khmer vs Javanese


Javanese vs Khmer


Countries

Countries
Cambodia   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Countries
1   
14
1   
14

National Language
Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam   
Indonesia   

Second Language
Not spoken in any of the countries   
Not spoken in any of the countries   

Speaking Continents
Asia   
Asia   

Minority Language
Australia, France, United States of America   
Malaysia, Netherlands, Singapore, Suriname   

Regulated By
Not Available   
Not Available   

Interesting Facts
  • Khmer is not the tonal language.
  • Khmer language has borrowed philisophical, administrative and technical vocabulary from Sanskrit and Pali.
  
  • The Javanese group is the largest ethnic group in Indonesian.
  • The earliest writing in Javanese dates from the 4th Century AD, at that time Javanese was written with the Pallava alphabet.
  

Similar To
Lao Language   
Madurese, Sundanese and Balinese Languages   

Derived From
Pali and Sanskrit Languages   
Not Available   

Alphabets

Alphabets in
Khmer-Alphabets.jpg#200   
Javanese-Alphabets.jpg#200   

Alphabets
53   
32
27   
9

Phonology
  
  

How Many Vowels
20   
17
6   
3

How Many Consonants
33   
23
21   
11

Scripts
Khmer   
Arabic, Javanese, Latin   

Writing Direction
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   
Left-To-Right, Horizontal   

Hard to Learn
  
  

Language Levels
4   
3
4   
3

Time Taken to Learn
44 weeks   
11
36 weeks   
10

Greetings

Hello
ND   
Halo   

Thank You
សូមអរគុណអ្នក (saum arkoun anak)   
matur nuwun   

How Are You?
អ្នក​សុខសប្បាយ​ទេ   
piye kabare?   

Good Night
ND   
wengi sing apik   

Good Evening
ND   
Sugeng sọnten   

Good Afternoon
ND   
Sugeng siang   

Good Morning
ND   
Sugeng énjing   

Please
ND   
Not Available   

Sorry
ND   
Nyuwun pangapunten   

Bye
ND   
Kepanggih malih benjang   

I Love You
ND   
Kula tresna panjengan   

Excuse Me
ND   
Nuwun séwu   

Dialects

Dialect 1
Northern Khmer   
Pekalongan   

Where They Speak
Australia, Cambodia, France, Thailand, United States of America   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
1,400,000.00   
26
Not Available   

Dialect 2
Khmer Krom   
Cirebon   

Where They Speak
Vietnam   
Indonesia   

How Many People Speak
1,200,000.00   
24
Not Available   

Dialect 3
Western Khmer   
Arekan   

Where They Speak
Cambodia, Thailand   
Indonesia   

Total No. Of Dialects
6   
6
16   
15

How Many People Speak

How Many People Speak?
16.00 million   
99+
82.00 million   
19

Speaking Population
0.24 %   
99+
1.25 %   
13

Native Speakers
13.00 million   
99+
76.00 million   
13

Native Name
ភាសាខ្មែរ (bhāsā khmɛ̄r)   
basa Jawa   

Alternative Names
Cambodian, Khmer   
Djawa, Jawa   

French Name
khmer central   
javanais   

German Name
Kambodschanisch   
Javanisch   

Pronunciation
[pʰiːəsaː kʰmaːe]   
Not Available   

Ethnicity
Khmer, Northern Khmer   
Javanese (Mataram, Osing, Tenggerese, Boyanese, Samin, Cirebonese, Banyumasan, etc)   

History

Origin
14   
450 AD   

Language Family
Austroasiatic Family   
Austronesian Family   

Subgroup
Not Available   
Indonesian   

Branch
Not Available   
Not Available   

Language Forms
  
  

Early Forms
Proto-Khmer   
No early forms   

Standard Forms
Modern Khmer   
Javanese   

Language Position
Not Available   
11   
10

Signed Forms
Not Available   
Not Available   

Scope
Individual   
Individual   

Code

ISO 639 1
km   
jv   

ISO 639 2
  
  

ISO 639 2/T
khm   
jav   

ISO 639 2/B
khm   
jav   

ISO 639 3
khm   
jav   

ISO 639 6
Not Available   
Not Available   

Glottocode
khme1253   
java1253   

Linguasphere
Not Available   
No data available   

Types of Language
  
  

Language Type
Living   
Living   

Language Linguistic Typology
Subject-Verb-Object   
Subject-Verb-Object   

Language Morphological Typology
Analytic, Isolating   
Agglutinative   

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Khmer and Javanese Language History

Comparison of Khmer vs Javanese language history gives us differences between origin of Khmer and Javanese language. History of Khmer language states that this language originated in 14 whereas history of Javanese language states that this language originated in 450 AD. Family of the language also forms a part of history of that language. More on language families of these languages can be found out on Khmer and Javanese Language History.

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Khmer and Javanese Greetings

People around the world use different languages to interact with each other. Even if we cannot communicate fluently in any language, it will always be beneficial to know about some of the common greetings or phrases from that language. This is where Khmer and Javanese greetings helps you to understand basic phrases in Khmer and Javanese language. Khmer word for "Hello" is ND or Javanese word for "Thank You" is matur nuwun. Find more of such common Khmer Greetings and Javanese Greetings. These greetings will help you to be more confident when conversing with natives that speak these languages.

Khmer vs Javanese Difficulty

The Khmer vs Javanese difficulty level basically depends on the number of Khmer Alphabets and Javanese Alphabets. Also the number of vowels and consonants in the language plays an important role in deciding the difficulty level of that language. The important points to be considered when we compare Khmer and Javanese are the origin, speaking countries, language family, different greetings, speaking population of these languages. Want to know in Khmer and Javanese, which language is harder to learn? Time required to learn Khmer is 44 weeks while to learn Javanese time required is 36 weeks.

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